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St. Mary's City, Md. - Freshman Paul
Reynolds (Smyrna, Del./Smyrna) and Wesley College were
poised to upset No. 17 St. Mary's College of Maryland in Capital
Athletic Conference men's basketball action Tuesday night before
the Seahawks erased a 14-point deficit and nipped Wesley for the
75-73 victory.
The Wolverines (15-7, 9-5 CAC), the defending CAC champions,
seemed to be cruising to their ninth consecutive win, boasting a
51-37 advantage over nationally-ranked St. Mary's with 16:41
remaining the game. The Seahawks commanded their first lead
of the game in the next 10 minutes as junior center Sam
Burum's (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) fast break lay-up
capped a 23-8 run.
Junior Rudy Thomas (Milton, Del./Sussex Tech)
responded on Wesley's next possession with a long range shot to
momentarily return the lead back to the visitors before the
Seahawks regained control with a 12-4 spurt. St. Mary's
established a six-point margin with 1:13 remaining and held on to
halt the Wolverines' win streak at eight games.
With his layup at 3:26 of the second half, senior guard
Camontae Griffin (Baltimore, Md./Dunbar) joined
the elite group of St. Mary's 1,000 point scorers.
Griffin finished with 22 points and now has 1,001
career points. He also matched his season-high of five
assists.
Junior guard Alex Franz (Catonsville,
Md./Cardinal Gibbons) contributed 13 points and game-highs of seven
assists and four steals for the Seahawks while sophomore forward
Brian Grashof (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West)
added 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting and a career-best two steals.
St. Mary's (19-3, 11-2 CAC) has now won 18 straight
regular-season home games in the ARC Arena with tonight's
win. The Seahawks' last regular-season home loss was a 72-70
setback to Marymount (Va.) University on January 30, 2008.
The Seahawks had no answer for Wesley in the first 20 minutes as
the Wolverines led the entire first half, including boasting
11-point margins twice. Reynolds notched 14
first-half points in leading the visitors to a 42-33 halftime
advantage. Wesley's strong perimeter defense, which is ranked
24th in Division III, and up-tempo offensive kept St. Mary's
off-balance in the first half.
The reigning CAC Player of the Week, Reynolds
finished with a game-high 25 points and nine boards while sophomore
guard Chris Douglas (Landover, Md./Jericho Prep
Academy) added 12 points and three assists. Senior forward
Jacques Bowe (Millsboro, Del./Sussex Tech) also
reached double figures with 11 points while senior forward
Alphonzo Wright (Dover, Del./Polytech) hauled in a
game-high 11 caroms.
The Seahawks will be back on the court tomorrow night as St.
Mary's travels to Washington, D.C. to face Gallaudet University in
more conference action at 8:00 pm. The Seahawks posted an
83-52 win over Gallaudet in the ARC Arena on January 16 as three
players reached double figures.
